Flight and Flying [Friday, May 25, 2nd period]

[sith_happened]

When the students arrived at the flight shed, they'd immediately notice that the sim had been completely reconfigured.

A couple of them would find the new shape very familiar.

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Second obstacle course

[sith_happened]

You're flying through the trench run on the Death Star, a course full of sharp turns. There are five laser turrets shooting at you that you must destroy, as well as a thermal exhaust port at the end of the run that needs to be taken out.

Luckily, there are no TIE fighters coming in from behind. Not that Anakin wanted a rematch on this particular scenario.

An average pilot can go through the run in about 12 minutes. Anakin smoked it in 6 minutes flat.

Re: Second obstacle course

[tatooine_doofus]

"Without the TIEs?" Luke's smile almost split his face. "Piece of rhyscate."

Artoo's warble didn't sound quite as convinced.

Luke blasted through the course in 6:15, taking out the laser turrets and hitting the exhaust port exactly.

Of course, he'd done this before.

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[fantastic_torch]

"Damn!" Johnny cursed, working around the sharp turns while trying to avoid being shot at. This course was crazy as hell and it took all his concentration to target and destroy the laser turrets, in which he missed two completely. With his adrenaline pumping, he moved faster, trying for accuracy that seemed almost improbable.

Johnny flew fast, though it took him three attempts to take out the exhaust port at the end.

His time: 11:30.

Not good enough.

"Artoo, little buddy, we're doing this again."

The second run had Johnny hitting four of the laser turrets and two tries had him taking out the exhaust port. He finished in 10:50 minutes.

"Damn, I'm doing it again..."

Re: Second obstacle course

[cantjossme]

Mel went through the second obstacle course twice.

At high speed.

Crashing and exploding both times much to Artoo's displeasure.

Mel however seemed to thing the whole thing was a blast.

Re: Second obstacle course

[sixstandingby]

He'd only heard stories about the Death Star. Now, even though it was a simulation, he was seeing it. It was almost chilling in a way.

He pushed the ship forward, blocking out Artoo's continued squawking and focused on what he was doing. The X-Wing juked and zig zagged away from the laser turret fire.

Unfortunately, one nicked his wing, causing outrage from Artoo, and slowing him down slightly. He finished up at 11:00.

Re: Second obstacle course

[izzyalienqueen]

Dodging the cannon fire was difficult but Isabel eventually did manage to complete the course in a bit over 14 minutes.

Re: Second obstacle course

[solo_sword]

"Oh, you've got to be kidding me," Jaina muttered when she saw what the course was.

Seeing as how the trench run was kind of famous, she was better at this course just out of familiarity. She missed one of the turrets but avoided getting hit, and hit the thermal exhaust port square on in about 6:25.

This class would definitely be bad for her sense of competition.

Re: Second obstacle course

[multiplez]

On Z's first run she took out two laser turrets before she got shot down. On her second run she finished up in fifteen and a half minutes.

"Let us never speak of this again," she solemnly told Artoo. She wasn't able to interpret the noise he made in response, so she chose to assume he was agreeing.